revtail-1.2.0

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NAME

revtail − cats a file or stdin line by line starting from the last up to the first

SYNOPSIS

revtail [-nblines] [--] [...files...]

DESCRIPTION

revtail reads lines from files, or stdin if no files are supplied by args, and outputs them starting from the last line available upt to the first within the limit of nblines if supplied within the arguments.

OPTIONS

-nblines

limits the maximum number of lines output per file to nblines.

--

marks the end of supplied options within args. usefull for supplying filenames starting with a dash.

FILES

none.

SEE ALSO

(1)count, (1)brev, (1)countsort, (1)percent, (1)scramble.

EXAMPLE

> echo ’1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10’ | tr ’.’ ’\n’ | revtail -5 10 9 8 7 6

BUGS

There are probably plenty bugs. Please report them to bozomake@disjunkt.com

AUTHOR

Jean-Daniel Pauget (bozomake@disjunkt.com)

MANPAGE VERSION

$Id: revtail.1.in 581 2010-04-08 21:42:14Z jd $